Welcome to The Northern Illinois Top 25

<p style="text-align: left">Welcome to Prep Girls Hoops Illinois</p> <p style="text-align: left">Coverage of the 2018-19 Girls High School Season</p> <p style="text-align: left">With the season starting today, the PGH Illinois team wants to wish all players and teams the best of the luck this season.</p> <p style="text-align: left">We look forward to covering all the excitement statewide during the regular season and all the way through the State Tournament.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Below is the initial Top 25 ranking for the Northern Illinois area, along with a summary of them below .</p> <p style="text-align: left">We will update these rankings every couple of weeks and look to cover as many teams and players as possible during the season .</p> <p style="text-align: left">The wait is finally over , Girls Hoops is here Enjoy !</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">            <strong>The Northern Illinois Top 25 </strong></span></p> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">              1.) Benet Academy </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                  2.) Lincoln Way West </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">        3.) Lake Forest </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">         4.) Maine West </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">5.) Montini</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                6.) Rockford Boylan </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">         7.) Lake Zurich </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">       8.) New Trier </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">    9.) Geneva </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">               10.) Naperville North</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">11.) Marist </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                    12.) Chicago  Kenwood </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">              13.) Palatine Fremd</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                       14.) Rockton Hononegah </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                            15.) Chicago Whitney Young</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">           16.) Proviso East </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                17.) Mother Mcauley</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                    18.) Mundelein Carmel</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                               19.) Chicago Marian Catholic</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                   20.) Chicago Simeon</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">              21.) Bollingbrook </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                    22.) Loyola Academy </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">        23.) Marengo </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">             24.) Chicago Taft</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">        25.) Sycamore</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">          <strong> Teams to watch</strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">       1.) Libertyville</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">      2.) Evanston </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">                       3.) Lincoln Way Central </span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">          4.) Maine South</span></div> <div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">       5.) Kankakee </span></div> <div>                                                                                                              <span style="font-size: 14pt"> 6.) Nazareth</span></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt">Rankings Summary </span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12pt">From top to the bottom of this list and beyond the Northern Illinois area is loaded with talented players and deep teams. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt">The Top 10 </span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12pt">Starting at the top with<strong> Benet Academy,</strong> the Redwings are a talented group that includes <strong>Brooke Schmarek and Lexi Moriarty</strong> and a tremendous amount of depth in all 5 positions.  Included in the top 10 you see the traditonal powers that include <strong>Montini</strong> who returns <strong>Sami Mitchell and Sydney Prochaska</strong> and <strong>Maine West</strong> with their dynamic duo of <strong>Rachel Kent and Angela Dugalic</strong>. Both teams are poised to have big regular seasons and will be contenders come Feburary.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt">The Next Bunch 11 thru 25</span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 12pt">While not in the top 10,  <strong>#12 Chicago Kenwood</strong>, <strong>#18 Mundelein Carmel</strong> and <strong>#21 Bollingbrook</strong> have young talented squads that can compete with any team in their respective class.  Keep an eye on <strong>Kenwood's Brianna McDonald (2022), </strong><strong>Mundelein Carmel's</strong> <strong>Ranya Jamison (2020)</strong> and  <strong>Bollingbrook's Treasure Thompson (2020)</strong> as they will all look to lead their teams to the next level.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: left"></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> &nbsp;